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Enrollment
475
Middle
DISTRICT 578 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITESIDE SD 115·NCES 174230004889
Whiteside Middle School
111 Warrior Way, Belleville, IL 62221 · (618) 239-0000 · St. Clair County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL475 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
265 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 110 | 23% |
| Grade 6 | 132 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 126 | 27% |
| Grade 8 | 107 | 23% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Whiteside SD 115. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
44.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +7.2pp since 2023
Math
18.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.5% | 18.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.3% | 12.0% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
30.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Whiteside Middle School
Whiteside Middle School's state test result (30.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whiteside Middle School this school | 475 | 55.8% | 30.4% |
| James Hart School Homewood | 681 | 46.7% | 44.8% |
| Parker Junior High School Flossmoor | 822 | 54.3% | 40.4% |
| Jefferson Middle School Champaign | 711 | 59.5% | 33.3% |
| Rickover Jr High School Sauk Village | 371 | 51.5% | 13.9% |
| Heritage Middle School Lansing | 500 | 59.4% | 30.4% |
Matched among Illinois middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Whiteside Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In St. Clair County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #430 of 578 | #14 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #506 of 640 no change | #14 of 19 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #462 of 640 ▼ 35 | #16 of 19 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 475 | #311 of 691 | #7 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #504 of 558 | #13 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.7% | #181 of 560 | #7 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.8% | #230 of 581 | #9 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.4% | #178 of 440 | #5 of 12 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
475
-87 (-15%) vs 2020
-19% since 2010-11, when it was 583
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 475 | 29 | 16.4:1 | 56% (265) |
| 2023-24 | 508 | 38 | 13.4:1 | 61% (311) |
| 2022-23 | 496 | 36.1 | 13.7:1 | 58% (289) |
| 2020-21 | 562 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 555 | 34 | 16.3:1 | 53% (296) |
| 2015-16 | 569 | 36 | 15.8:1 | 51% (291) |
| 2010-11 | 583 | 40 | 14.6:1 | 44% (259) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whiteside Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (555 to 475); teachers down 15% (34 to 29).
About Whiteside Middle School
Whiteside Middle School is a mid-sized middle school found in Belleville, Illinois. It has an enrollment of 475 students in grades 5 through 8.
Besides Whiteside Middle School, Whiteside SD 115 runs 1 other school. The district enrolls 1,155 students.
About 59% of the student body at Whiteside Middle School is Black. Smaller groups are 24% White, 11% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. County-wide, 28% of St. Clair County residents are Black. A diversity index of 58% means there is a 58% chance two randomly chosen students at Whiteside Middle School are from different groups.
The school's 29 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1. Middle schools in Illinois average 13.0:1, 3.4 fewer students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 56% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in St. Clair County is similar, at 54%.
Whiteside Middle School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 30.4%, compared with a predicted 39.3%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations.
In St. Clair County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $73,854, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 96 public schools in the county, enrolling about 40,879, Whiteside Middle School among them.
About 0.7 miles separate Whiteside Middle School from the closest public school, Whiteside Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Whiteside Middle School places 8th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
In the federal locale system, Whiteside Middle School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 475, compared with 562 in 2020-21.
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St. Clair County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
253,694
Census ACS
Median income
$73,854
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
96
40,879 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Whiteside SD 115
- Whiteside Elementary SchoolElementary · 680 students
Other schools in Belleville
- Belleville High School-EastHigh · 2,600 students
- Belleville High School-WestHigh · 2,118 students
- Belle Valley SchoolElementary · 997 students
- Whiteside Elementary SchoolElementary · 680 students
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 542 students
- Union Elementary SchoolElementary · 432 students
Nearby schools
- Whiteside Elementary School0.7 mi · 680
- Wingate Elementary School1.2 mi · 424
- Belleville High School-East1.6 mi · 2,600
- Jefferson Elementary School2.0 mi · 293
- Douglas Elementary School2.2 mi · 233
- Shiloh Elementary School2.5 mi · 245
Frequently asked questions
About Whiteside Middle SchoolHow large is Whiteside Middle School?
Whiteside Middle School enrolls approximately 475 students in grades 05-08.
Is Whiteside Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Whiteside Middle School is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
How many teachers does Whiteside Middle School have?
Whiteside Middle School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Whiteside Middle School?
Student demographics at Whiteside Middle School are roughly 24% White, 5% Hispanic, 59% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Whiteside Middle School in?
Whiteside Middle School is part of Whiteside SD 115.
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